TWO SPEED CROSSWORD
This two-speed crossword has two sets of clues, but just one grid. If you can’t solve the Cryptic clues, try the Quick.
Cryptic Across
6. A companion with many a
sailor (7)
7. Stick to veto all round (5) 9. See 20 Down
10. Men who have not yet
settled (7)
12. Signifying a smaller amount, but conveying no sense (11)
14. Emerging, but just failing to
get a place, we hear (6,5) 18. Presumably it comes from
the main seam! (3,4)
19. Correspond with a friend
after tea (5)
21. An impression that doesn’t
take much licking (5)
22. A street cutting into
unspoilt meadowland (7)
Down
1. Bound to be a good place
for wine (5)
2. The confederacy produces
a nautical measure (6)
3. A weapon with which one
fiddles (3)
4. Bygone days shown by the
Spanish drawing (6) 5. North African making his
room untidy (7)
8. About a marriage – it takes
place after separation! (7) 11. They cause perplexity in
games, maybe (7)
13. The style with a pen that
shows diffidence (7) 15. Revenue for company involved in mine reorganisation (6)
16. Personal touches shown by
the artist (6)
17. Apprehension among
international armies (5)
20 & 9Ac. They are used as a
sound preventive (3,5)
Across
6. Sailor (7)
7. Club (5) 9. Stoppers (5)
10. Those owing (7) 12. Futile (11)
14. Emerging (6,5) 18. Fuel (3,4)
19. Agree (5)
21. Mark (5)
22. Grassland (7)
Down
1. Strongroom (5)
2. Union (6)
3. Nod (3)
4. Crayon (6)
5. Spanish architectural style (7) 8. Gathering (7)
11. Mysteries (7)
13. Shyness (7)
15. Revenue (6)
16. Features (6)
17. Fright (5)
20. Hearing organ (3)